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ANNUAL    REPORT 


OF  THE 


SELECT   COMMITTEE 


OF   THE 


Soci^tu  for  propagating  tl)c  (So^pcl 


AMONG    TIIK 


INDIANS  AND  OTHERS  IN  NORTH  AMERICA. 


PRESENTED   VOVEMBER  5,  1643. 


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SAMUEL    N.    DICKINSON,    PRINTER, 
52  Washington    Street, 

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SELECT   COMMITTEE 


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A. MO. NT,    Tin; 


INDIAiNS  AND  OTHERS  IN  NORTH  AMERICA. 


I'Ki'.si'.Ni'KD  ,\()Vj',.\ii!i;[;  ,-),  [-vi. 


BUSTOX. 
SAMUEL     N       DICKINSON,     PRINTER, 
5'2  Washington    Street 

1  s-l  3. 


OFFICERS  or  THE  SOCIETY. 


1  S  1  3  —  1 . 


Hon.  LEMUEL  SHAW,  LL.  D. 

Ukv.  iii:niiy  wake,  D.  D. 

l\v.v.  FRANCLS  PARK^LW,  D.  D. 
IIoM.  JAMES  SAVAGE,  LL,  I). 

I!kv.  s.  k.  LoTiirior, 

BE-\.TA:\irX  (il-ILD,  E.s((., 

IIo.v.  RICHARD  SULLIVAN, 
Kkv.  ALEXANDER  YOUNG, 


rKESIDEVT. 
Vlf-r:    PUKSIDENT. 

Skcuf.taiiy. 
Treasukkr. 
Assistant  Sec 'v. 
XicE  TRKAsruEi:. 

Ai:i)iTou,s. 


SELECT  COMMITTEE. 

IJev.  FR ANCLS  PARKMAN,  D.  D.   Rev.  SAMUEL  BARRETT, 
Rev.  ALEXANDER  YOUNG,       Rev.  GEOPGE  PUTNAM.  an.I 
Rev.  CONVERS  FRANCIS,  D.  D. 


MISSIONARIES  IN  THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Hov.  Timothy  F.  RofiERS,  Bernardston,and  destitute  vicinity,  ^lass.and  Vennoiit. 
Rev.  ^VI^,.,AM  G.  Ei.iot,  St.  Louis,  and  destitute  viciinty,  Missr  ,v: 
Rev.  Wii.MAM  P.  II,-NTi.N-OTON,  IIilIsl,orough,  atid  destitute  vicinit;-    ilUnois. 
Rev.  .losEPii  Harrington,  Chieag-o,  and  destitute  vicinity,  Illinois. 
Rev.  GnoROE  Moore.  Quincy,  Tremont,  and  destitute  vicinity,  Illinois. 
I  Rev.  Messrs.  Hai.l  and  Ritson,  Isle  of  Shoals, 
i  Miss  Mary  A.  Davis,  Teacher  of  the  School. 

Rev.  John  IIuss,  a  native  Ciierokee,  and  :Missionary  to  his  own  Trilie. 


11  E  P  O  R  T . 


Sixcn  llif  Sociely  have  (l(>ciii((i  it  nccossary  to  discontinnc 
its  ]\[issi(>iis  to  the  liidiaiis  ol'  the  XiiiTagunsct  and  oilier 
tribes,  oiuc  lioiiri.-liiiii!  hiii  now  r;i|»i(lly  dis;ii)|)(';iriiii;-  in  \c\v 
Ejigliiiid,  ihe  eniployiiient  of  tiie  [iidiaii  Fund  has  been  tlu^ 
ire(jnent  subject  of  their  infjiury  and  deliberation.  Tiie  So 
lect  Coniiuitti.'e,  therfd'ore,  to  v>  honi  \vas  intrusted  the  appro- 
priation for  the  present  year,  faili'd  not  to  give  their  early 
attention  to  this  duly.  Having,  agreeably  to  their  instruetions, 
conferred  with  a  respected  meniber  of  the  Society,*  \vho  had 
taken  a  lively  interest  in  the  subject,  and  having  connnuni- 
cat(;d,  iH'rsonally  and  by  letters,  with  the  Secretaries  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Forciira  iNIissions, 
thoy  found  sev(M-al  distinct  ol)jecls  i)rcsenlc(i  to  their  choice. 

.r/V,s7,  The  supj)ort.  in  part,  of  Rev.  John  IIuss,  a  native 
preaclier  among  the  Cherokees. 

Sri'oiifJ,  'I'he  aiding  of  a  Hoarding  School,  or  Seminary  at 
Dwight,  within  the  Cherokee  territory. 

Third,  The  Choctaw  Mission  generally,  or  either  of  the 
stations  under  the  charge  of  the  respective  Missionaries,  ap- 
])ointed  by  the  American  Board. 

Fourth,  The  jMission  to  the  Sioux  Indians,  for  whom  va- 
rious portions  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  including 
more  than  half  of  the  latter,  have  already  been  translated. 


*  Rev.  William  .Tenks.  D.  D. 


/'V////,  'I'hc  Alissioii  ainoii:;  ilic  ( 'liipprwas,  for  whoso  nso, 

nlso.  I;ir<:«'  portimis  of  tlic  .\c\\-  'rt-iiiiiicnt  linvc  Ihtii  iriiiislii- 
t('(l,  and  the  iTiiiaiiiiiiL!;  |)(iiiioii-;  sire  in  a  sl;il<'  of  Inru  anlncss. 

Si.rf/i,  'I'lio  priiilinL,'  iinil  ciriiihiliiiL^  the  Scriplui'fs  aiiioni( 
tilt"    lii<li;nis  ;j;('nr'r!illv. 

( )['  tlit'sc  varion-^  oUji'cls  \\\r  ( 'oininiltcc  (i|t  no  lic-itarKHi 
ill  scli'cliii','-  tlir  two  I'l inner,  mnnclv,  liic  siipportiiiL'',  in  p;n1,  of 
Ufv.  .Idlni  Iliis<,  llic  nnlivc  ( "In'mki-c  prcisclicr,  inid  iIh-  iiid- 
iiiLT  ot  llii'  Sciiiiii;ii'v  in  l)\\ii:lif.  ( )l  ilii'  loi'inrr  it  is  s;iid,  in 
a  sliilciiicnl  rninir-lii'd  l)y  tin"  li<'V.  Si'cri'tary  of  iIh'  .\iiiri-ic;ni 
IJoin'd  lor  llic  Indian  dcpaitincnt  :  '  llnss  is  a  man  nl  t-lrnng 
mind,  tjood  sense,  and  great  iiali\e  eloipieiice.  lie  is  eiier- 
ijfetie  and  laljorions  ;  fjjrcatly  respected  by  liis  own  people  ;  and 
has  held  some  of  llie  highest  judicial  oliices  under  llie  native; 
t{overiinient.  lie  has  for  more  than  twenty  years  l)(<en  an 
exemplary  Christian.  Having  a  clear  and  active  mind,  and 
a  thirst  for  Christian  knowh'di^'c.  he  availed  him>e||'  of  (ncry 
ucees-ihie  means  of  obtainiiii^  it  :  and  siicli  wa-  his  j.roti- 
cieiicy,  that  for  more  than  liflei^n  years  he  has  liceii  princi- 
pally employed  in  i^i\in;^  re  li^rloiis  inslrnction  to  his  own 
people;  and  for  al)ont  ten  years  a  reij;nlarly  ordained  preach- 
er, lie  is  now  the  Pastor  and  ])reachcr  1o  his  cormlrymcii, 
at  a  place  called  Ifoiicy  ("reek,  in  tla;  State  of  ■Missouri, 
and  within  tli(»  new  ChcroKci"  comilry.  His  allowance  for 
himsell  and  family,  and  to  defray  the  r\i)eiises  o\'  his  mis- 
sionary tonrs,  which  ar(^  considerable,  is  live  hundred  dollars 
a  year.' 

Of  the  Seminary  or  Boardiiiii^  School  at  D\\  i,'^hl.  A\-e  are 
iiiformi^l,  ''I'liat  it  em])rac(\s  b(iwc(Mi  forty  and  lifiy  female 
))upils.  T]u'  objcM-t  of  the  School  is  of  course  primarily  reli- 
£;'ions,  JJnt  at  the  same  time  the  aim  is,  to  give  tln^  piii)ils  a 
good  education  in  all  the  common  branches  of  Knowledge, 
and  to  teach  th(>m  sewing,  and  other  common  domestic  arts. 
The  School  has  been,  and  still  is,  popular  among  tli(>  Chero- 
kees.     Its  amuial  cost  is  about  $1S{)()  or  S'iOOU,  inc'ludiiig  the 


f;imillns  of  ilic  iciiclu'rH,  funiicr,  niid  otln'r  lu'lpcr;.  The  sot- 
lli'iiii'iit  ol'  Dwiulit.  ill  wliicli  this  Sriniiiiiry  i-  li»c:itc(l,  i<  also 
ii  prriK  liiiig  sl;ilii)H,  wluTc  ihrrc  is  u  Cliiircli  d'  linliuii 
iiit'iiil)cr-.' 

Siitli  is  the  act'diiiit  of  ihcse  two  oltjocls,  as  presented  l)v 
the  Seerelary  Inr  the  Iiuliaii  (U'partiiieul.  And  lhoUij;h  your 
Coniiiiiltee  \\-ere  not.  ins(>Msil)li'  to  the  dillienhjca  inseparahle 
from  the  care  of  interests  so  remote,  as  to  prechide  |)ersonal 
watehl'nhiess,  yet  they  were  ixnitified  in  linding  adequate  rea- 
sons to  apply  the  appropriation  of  the  Society  to  (il)jeets, 
wliieli,  thoni,di  distant,  si'cnied  proniisinuf,  and  not  discordant, 
as  lliey  heHeve.  with  the  views  of  the  I'ollllder  of  the  Indian 
I'niid.  the  Hon.  John  Alford. 

The  people  of  the  Tsh.-  of  Shoals  have  now,  for  several 
years  past,  as  loriiierly  in  its  earliest  history,  en^a^'ed  the  at- 
tention of  the  Society.  '1'Im>  failiii^^  heahh  and  coiiseipieiit 
resignation  of  our  faithful  missionary,  K(>v.  Mr.  Smith,  have; 
already  i)een  noticed  l>y  the  Board.  From  his  successor, 
Mr.  Tlilson,aiid  the  assistant  in  the  School,  jMiss  Davis,  com- 
immicatioiis  of  an  encom'aging  nature  have;  been  received; 
and  there  is  i^ood  reason  to  hope,  that  with  advanciiiif  knowl- 
edij;e  and  hctler  liahits,  more  especially  in  rei^'ard  to  temper- 
ance, hotli  the  spiritual  and  the  tc/iiporal  condition  of  that 
people  is  improved. 


From    an   interesting   letter  written    by    INIiss   Davis,  the 
teacher  of  the  school,  we  select  the  following  extracts  : 

(lospouT.  TsLK  OF  SiroAT.s,  Feb.  28.  ISi:?. 

'  Till' situnlion  of  this  people  is  latlioi'  poculiar.  iis  their  occupjilion 
mils  mnny  of  th(,'m  from  homo  in  siimniiT,  whirh  ontirds'  dcptivp.s 
them  of  the  means  of  ariice.  lu  uinter  ihcy  are  ail  at  homo,  and  have; 
more  lei.suro  to  attend  meetiniis,  Thi'  la]>ors  of  a  (Jospel  Miuislor  are 
always  of  hii!li  valne,  but,  if  a  comparison  may  be  made,  they  are  po 
culiarly  so  to  this  |)eople  throuuii  the  cold  season. 

'  Mr.  Hitson  has  be"n  here  iMLiht  weeks,  and  all  the  peoph^  liave  i>(>en 
able  to  do  is  just  lo  uivt?  him  his  hoaril.  and  even  this  has  been  clone  by 
t\\o  or  three  l^amilies.  t  am  told  there  is  more  leal  poverlv  and  want 
liere  than  usnal.  as  the  \vinter  lishery  has  cutnrhi  fail(>d,  which  has  in 
some  seasons  been  as  lucrative  as  in  .summer.     I  have  reason  to  believe 


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that  tliort'  aro  s^omo  families  on  tliis  islaml  wlio  liavt-  not  tasted  nl  hrciul  for 
weeks  together.  J^ut  tlu!  bread  of  iife  is  more  preciou.s  still.  It  is  very 
desiralije  that  the  si^rvice.s  of  Mr.  liitson  shoidil  lie  seeured,  if  it  were 
only  for  a  tew  iiionlhs  hui'.'cr,  at  this  iniy)ortaiit  eri-^is  in  the  liislory  of 
tiiis  j)eo))le.  He  appears  lo  he  a  wortliy  young  uuui,  (h'vote'd  to  liis 
work,  liut  witliont  any  pecuniary  resources.' 

Again,  she  writc.'^,  in  reference  to  the  state  of  ndigions  feel- 
ing and  alteiKlanee  of  I  Ik.':  inliabitaiit  >  on  l!ie  piiblie  worship: 

'  When  I  first  came  liere  about  eiL>,ht  months  airo,  it  was  painful  in  the 
extreme  to  witness  the  indillerenco  and  apathy  of  some  of  these  people 
to  suhjects  of  such  inlinite  inipoilance.  I5ut  now,  the  scene  is  eiumued. 
Since  Decendier  wo  liave  hail  jiieacluUL'  every  Sabbath,  and  evening 
lectures  diuinu' th(^  week.  Mr.  I'itson.  Irom  Newcastle,  in  the  vicinity 
of  J'ortsmouth.  wlio  has  been  licensed  t(j  prc^icli  liy  the  Christian  l>ap- 
tisls  there,  came  over  to  this  i-;land  to  preai'h  at  this  place,  e\|iectina'  to 
rt'inain  only  two  weeks.  His  ellorts  liave  lieen  attended  with  maiked 
success.  The  ])i'ople  came  out  generally  to  liear  him.  and  theii'  minds 
appi-ared  to  lie  .solennuzed.  'I'lii-y  do  indeed  appear  like  new  creatures. 
'Ihi'  'ntcmperale  liavo  becomt^  sober:  t!ie  blasphemer  has  learneil  to 
[iraise  die  l-ord  ;  and  some  of  the  young  children,  I  humbly  h(<pe,  can 
say  "  llosanna  to  the  Son  of  David.'" 

From  the  Rev.  A.  P.  Pcabody  of  Portsinoulh,  ^vhose  con- 
gregation have,  for  a  series  of  yeitrs,  largely  eonlrJl)iite(l 
lo  this  [Missitm,  we  htive  also  gratifying  jnlelligence,  bolli  as 
lo  the  labors  of  llie  [Missionary,  and  the  state  of  the  School. 

In  o;ie  of  his  letters,  he  informs  its, 

'  W(>  have  ornidoyed  throiitrh  tlio  entire  year.  'Miss  Davis,  who  lias 
fiiven  entire  satisfaction,  and  has  done  a  great  deal  of  good."  '  Air.  Ivit- 
scii"s  labor-~  have  been  blest.  He  is  not  an  ordained  minister;  we 
have  therelbre  ])rocured  Kev.  ^h.  Hall,  a  Christian  Baptist  minister  of 
approved  cliaracter  and  standinu',  to  aid  him  in  thi'  ritual  jiart.  Mr.  Hall 
has  bajiti/ed  eight  persons,  and  with  nine  otli(>rs  previously  baptized,  has 
oiganized  a  church  ol  seventecm  mi'mbers,  all  of  whom  give  promise  ol 
bi.nng  faitldul  to  their  profession.  The  church  is  oraani/ed  on  the  basis 
of  a  simple  acknowledgment  of  faith  in  Christ  and  the  purpose  of  Chris- 
tian obi^dienc(!.' 

Ill  another  letler,  recently  received,  Mf.  IVabody  writes, 
that  for  some  indispensable  repairs  of  the  jNIission  House  lie 
liad  juithorized  an  exj)enditure  of  thirty-one  dollars,  and  re- 
(piests  to  be  allowed  for  the  stiine,  the  bills  anfl  receipts 
accompanying  his  letler.  The  Committee  imanimoiisly 
recommend  this  appropriation;  and  are  happy,  that  under  the 
inconveniences,  and  J'or  ;i  consideral»le  [lortioti  of  the  yetn-  the 
impracticablenoss,  of  theit  personal  in'^poetion.  they  can  rely 


can 


witli  confidence  on  the  inlellig(Mico,  fidelity,  and  zeal  of  a 
lucmber  of  the  Society,  whose  local  position  afTords  all  need- 
ed opportunitiea  of  judgment. 

As  the  attention  of  the  Society  has  now,  for  many  years, 
been  especially  directed  to  the  West,  the  Mission  of  tiic 
Rev.  T.  F.  Rogers,  to  destitute  places  on  the  frontiers  of 
Massachusetts  and  Vermont,  together  with  that  to  the  Isle 
of  Shoals,  arc  the  only  Missions  sustained  by  us  within 
New  England.  Of  the  labors  of  our  missionary,  Rev.  .Mr. 
Rogers,  now  I'or  more  than  fourteen  years  in  the  service 
of  the  Society,  we  have  continued  and  highly  satisfactory 
evidence  both  of  their  fidelity  and  acceptance.  In  his  own 
journals  lie  speaks,  though  always  with  characteristic  humil- 
ity, of  journeyings  often,  of  Sabbath  teachings,  of  Christian 
rites  administered,  of  the  Poor  having  the  Gospel  preached  to 
them,  of  Sundtiy  Schools  and  District  Schools  visited,  and  of 
houses  of  mourning  comforted.  His  ministrations,  both  as  a 
Teacher  and  a  Pastor,  have  been  signally  acceptable.  And 
whether  his  walks  are  within  his  own  parish  of  Bernardston, 
or  over  the  wider  fields  of  Vernon,  Shelbourne,  Richmond,  or 
Charlemont,  he  seems  always  to  go  in  the  fullness  of  the 
blessing  of  the  (^ospel  of  peace.  The  people  never  fail  to 
welcome  the  feet  of  him,  who,  either  on  their  mountains  or 
ill  their  valleys,  brings  them  the  good  tidings  of  great  joy. 


For  our  .Missions  in  the  West,  the  appropriations  which 
have  Ijeen  made  for  several  years  past  were  renewed  at  the 
annual  meeting  in  May  last,  and  the  same  Missionaries  have 
continued  in  the  service  of  the  Society.  From  the  Rev. 
Wm.  G.  Eliot,  of  St.  Louis:  from  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Hunting- 
ton, of  Hillsborough,  Illinois;  and  Rev.  Joseph  Harrington, 
of  Chicago,  in  the  same  State  ;  as  well  as  from  individuals 
to  whom  they  have  ministered,  we  have  received,  in  the 
course  of  the  year,  various  communications,  both  in  relation 


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to   the  peoi)lo  of    llieir  rcspcclive  congregations  and  to  the 
destitute  places  which  tliey  liave  visited. 

Mr.  I'lliol,  our  faiihiVd  and  devoted  laborer  in  Mi^^souri, 
informs  ns  of  some  lifteen  or  twenty  settlements,  within  a 
circuit  of  eighty  miles  from  St.  Lonis,  which  he  either  has 
or  shall  visit  in  the  e<mrse  of  the  year;  and  he  has  also, 
though  in  pari  for  ihc  recruiting  of  his  health,  which  by  his 
various  and  unintermitled  labors  had  been  imoaired,  visited 
some  destitute  places  of  Louisiana.  He  had  likewise  been 
instrumental  in  establishing  some  Sunday  Schools  in  desti- 
tute places  within  the  neighborhood  of  St.  Louis. 

Rev.  W.  P.  Huntington,  our   Missionary  at  Hillsborough, 
and  its  vicinity,  writes,  '  I  have  met  witli  more  to  encourage 
me  in  the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry  during  the  last  six 
months,  than  ever  before.     Those  who  belong  to  the  church 
to  which   I  minister,  appear  to  cherish   a  deep,  living,  and 
hearty  interest  in  the  subject  of  religion  as  a  personal  con- 
cern, and  in  the  appointed  institutions  of  the  Gospel.'     '  The 
appearance  jf  our  ordinary  meetings  on  the  first  day  of  the 
week ;  the  serious  and  devout  aspect  of  our  congregation ; 
the  evidently  increasing  size  of  our  audience,  are  all  indica- 
tions of  a  general  spiritual  prosperity.     ]3ut  for  evidence  that 
the    Gospel  is  pr(>aclied   here  with   success  and  efficacy,  I 
should  have  to  enter  with  you  into  intlividual  experiences. 
On  such  points  we  must  be  satisfied  with  the  visible  results 
of  preaching  ujion  the  life  and  character  of  the  hearer ;  and 
looking  at  these,  I  think  I  can  see  improvement,  though  there 
is  room  for  far  greater.' 


'  We  thank  yon  for  having  given  us  so  large  a  place  in 
your  sympathies  and  jmiyers ;  and  for  having  made  us,  un- 
worthy as  we  feel  ourselves  to  be,  sharers  in  the  benefits  of 
your  exertions  for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel.    It  is  my  fervent 


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praver,  that  this  Gospel  may  be  more  and  more,  ihe  f^lndy, 
the  guide,  and  the  hope  of  us  all.' 

From  the  Rv\.  Mr.  Moore,  our  iMissioiiary  a1  liuincy  and 
Tremont,  and  from  Rev.  Mr.  Harrington  of  Cliiciiiio,  no 
oilieial  communications  have  been  received  since  Ihe  Annual 
Mec^ting  of  tlic  Society  in  May  last.  The  i)hu'e  (jf  Mr. 
Moore,  during  his  visit  for  s(!veral  weeks  to  New  England^ 
was  supplied  by  Rev.  ]\Ir.  Blodget;  and  both  from  iheni,  and 
from  Mr.  Harrington,  the  Connuittee  exjject  shortly  to  re- 
ceive the  rr(piircd  returns.  From  other  sonrct.-s.  liowcvcr, 
particularly  from  Trustees  or  Counuitlees  of  the  Chrnclics, 
to  whieh  these  gentlemen  minister,  and  from  others  resident 
within  the  more  destitute  phices  whicli  they  visit,  we  occa- 
sionally receive  testimonies  highly  gratifying  of  tlu'ir  services; 
showing,  at  once,  the  extent  of  the  spiritual  needs,  wliich 
their  mission  is  intended  to  supply;  the  al)ility  and  fidelity  of 
tlieir  ministrations;  and  the  grateful  acccptairce  of  this  cliar- 
ity  by  those  who  receive  it;  so  that  in  the  words  of  the  Apos- 
tle we  may  say,  '  The  administration  of  this  service  not  only 
supplieth  the  wants  of  the  saints,  but  is  abundant,  also,  by 
many  thanksgivings  unto  God.' 


The  (Committee,  in  closing  this  Report,  while  gratefully 
acknowledging  the  signal  tokens  of  the  Divine  blessing  u])on 
their  labors,  both  in  past  and  present  times,  camiot  but  r(>eall 
the  successive  bereavements,  with  which  it  has  j^lcased  the 
sovereii,m  Disposer  to  visit  this  Society.  AVithin  a  few 
months  the  ravages  of  death  among  our  memb(M-s  have  been 
alike  frequent  and  signal.  To  the  list  of  those  whose 
departure  from  among  us  has  already  called  forth  the  tril)utc 
of  our  respectful  regrets,  —  to  the  honored  names  of  ILirvis, 
Channing,  Bond,  and  Thacher,  two  of  these  in  snccessiou 
our  faithful  Treasurers,  —  ar(>  now  to  be  addrd  those  of 
Henry  Ware,  and  of  our  late  respected  Secretary.  Even 
while  lh(>  notices  of  this  meeting  were  prej)arini?.  Mr.  Brad- 


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ford  was  removed  from  labors  which  lie  faithfully  performed, 
and  from  infirmities  whieh  ho  patiently  (>iulnred,  to  the 
rewards,  as  we  trust,  of  a  higher  scene.  In  him,  this  com- 
munity laments  the  loss  of  an  upright  and  useful  citizen,  a 
worthy  descendant  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  whose  virtues  he 
reverenced,  and  whose  history  was  his  filial  study  and  de- 
light, and  this  Society  of  its  eldest,  and  one  of  its  most 
honored  members,  who  for  forty-nine  years,*  as  the  punc- 
tual attendant  of  its  meetings,  its  active  agent  on  s})ecial 
Missions,  the  watchful  guardian,  at  all  times,  of  its  interests, 
and  for  more  than  fourteen  years  its  faithful  Secretary, 
rendered  it  various  and  important  services. 

It  cannot  have  escaped  the  notice  of  this  Board,  and  it  is 
a  circumstance  suited  to  awaken  solemn  reflection,  that  in 
three  of  the  successive  bereavements,  to  which  we  have 
adverted,  he  who  offered  the  tribute  of  respectful  affection 
and  condolence  with  the  family  of  the  departed  brother,  him- 
self became  the  next  object  of  our  regrets,  following  next 
that  brother  to  the  grave.  Amidst  such  remembrances  and 
such  monitions,  it  becomes  us  to  listen  to  the  voice  of 
Heaven,  and  to  remember  the  words  of  the  Master,  how  he 
spake,  'Yet  a  little  while  is  the  light  with  you.  Walk  while 
ye  have  the  light,  lest  darkness  come  upon  you.' 


Which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

J]y  the  Committee. 


*  ^Ir.  BradforJ  was  elect(?il  a  incmlier  of  the  Corporaticjii  in  170J,  beiiiir  at  the 
time  of  liis  death,  of  all  its  members  the  longest  in  ils  ^crvioe  by  eleven  years. 
Durinif  his  residenee  in  IManie.  and  while  the  .Minister  ol'  W'iscasset,  he  was  li-e- 
qiiently  emjiloyed  either  as  an  Ajrent  or  i\Iissi(inarv  ot'  the  Society  ;  and  afterwards, 
upon  his  removal  to  tlie  Melrojiolis  of  his  native  Slate,  tnidrrtoolc  repeatcnl  .Missions 
of  iiuiuny  into  tlie  condition  of  the  Indians  at  Martha's  \"ineyard.  and  other 
Stations. 


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and  de- 
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APPENDIX. 


ACT    OF    INCORrORATION. 

Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven. 

A\  Act  to  incorporate  certain  persons,  by  the  name  of  '  The  Society 
tor  propairating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and  others  in  North 
America.' 

AViiKUKAS  divers  persons  have  petitioned  this  Court  for  an  act  of  in- 
corporation, whereby  th(>y  may  be  the  better  enaljjed  to  carry  into  eifect 
their  desiirns  of  propaiiating  the  Gospel  among  tlio  Indians  and  others  in 
North  America,  and  it  is  reasonable  that  the  prayer  of  said  j)etition 
Bhould  be  i;ranted; 

Therefore  to  promote  and  encourage  the  same. 

I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  {?i  (jcaeral 
Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same.  That  Ixichard  Oanch 
of  Braintree,  Es([.,  Rev.  John  Clark  of  Boston.  Francis  Dana  of  Cam- 
bridue,  F>sf|.,  Rev.  Joseph  Fckley  and  John  Eliot  of  Boston,  Rev.  \a- 
thaiiic'l  Emmons  ol  Franklin,  Rev.  Levi  Frisbie  of  Ipswich,  ^Muses 
Gill  of  Princeton,  and  William  Hyslop  of  Brookline,  Es()rs.,  Kev.  Tim- 
oth\-  Hilliard  of  Cambridge,  Jonathan  Mason  of  Boston,  Esq.,  Rev. 
I'hilHps  Payson  of  Chelsea,  Rev.  Eliphalet  Porter,  and  hicrease  Sum- 
ner, Esq.,  of  llo.xbury,  Ehenezer  Storer,  Esq.,  Rev.  Peter  Thacher.  and 
Oliver  Wendell,  Esq.,  of  lioslon,  Rev.  Joseph  Willard,  F>d\vard  Wiii- 
glesworlh,  and  Samuel  Williams,  Doctor  of  Laws,  at  Cambridiic.  and 
the  Rev,  Isbene/er  Wight  of  Boston,  be,  with  such  others  as  they  shall 
elect,  and  they  hereby  are  incorporated  and  made  a  body  politic,  for 
the  purpose  aforesaid,  by  the  name  of  '  The  Society  for  propairatina-  the 
fiospel  among  the  Indians,  and  othfM's.  in  Nortii  America  ;  '  and  the  So- 
ciety aforesaiil  shall  have  perpetual  succession,  and  may  have  a  com- 
mon seal,  which  it  shall  be  lawful  for  them  to  chaniie,  break,  alter,  and 
make  new  at  pleasure,  and  may  purchase  and  hold  in  succc'^^sion,  lands, 
tenements,  and  real  estate  of  any  kind,  the  annual  income  and  prolit 
not  to  exceed  the  value  of  two  thousand  pounds.  And  the  said  Society 
is  hereby  enabled  1o  take  and  receive  subscriptions  of  charitably  dis- 
posed persons,  and  may  take  any  personal  estate  in  succession  :  and  nil 
donations  to  the  Society,  either  by  subscriptions,  legacy,  or  otherwise, 
e.Kcepting  such  as  may  be  differently  appropriated  by  the  donors,  shall 


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■II 


rnakc  a  ]iarl  of,  or  he  pvit  into  the  rnpital  stock  of  tho  Socioty,  ^vhif'h 
eli;ill  li(>  put  out  oil  iuKMX'st,  on  good  sei'virity,  or  othurwisi^  itiipruvt-d  to 
the  be:it  advaiitaso,  and  the  incomes  or  profits  applietl  to  the  purposes  of 
propa^ratiiiir  the  (Jospol  aniouij;  tlie  said  Indians,  in  such  manner  as  they 
shall  jud^e  most  couducivi;  to  tlie  dcsi^'n  of  tlieir  institution  :  anti  also 
arnon;^  oilier  people,  who,  through  poverty  or  other  circumstances,  are 
deslitute  of  the  means  of  rehj^ious  instnu'tions  :  ami  the  said  Society  is 
hereby  empowered  to  i^ive  such  instructions,  orders,  and  encourairements 
to  their  oliicers,  ami  those  they  shall  employ,  as  they  shall  judire  neces- 
sary ;  and  tho  persons  employed  as  teachers  in  any  capacity,  shall  be 
men  of  the  protestant  reliu;ion.  of  reputed  piety,  loyalty,  prudence, 
knowledL^e,  ami  literature,  and  of  other  Christian  and  necessary  qualili- 
cations  suited  to  their  respective  stations. 

II.  And  be  it  /'irtlu'v  enacted  by  the  avthoritij  aforesaid,  That  tho  said 
Society  shall  meet  at  some  convenient  place  in  the  town  of  Boston,  oa 
the  first  Thursday  of  December,  and  then  choose  a  President,  ^'ice 
President,  Treasurer,  and  Secretary,  and  such  other  odicers  as  they 
shall  judire  proper,  and  may  make  by-laws  and  orders  for  the  re^'ula- 
tion  of  the  said  Society  ;  provided  such  by-laws  and  orders  be  not  re- 
puL'nant  to  the  hiws  of  the  land,  and  act  upon  all  matters  which  they 
apprehend  needful  to  promote  the  end  of  their  institution  ;  and  the  offi- 
cers so  chosen  shall  continue  in  tlieir  oiiice.  until  the  Thursday  next 
succeedinu'  tlu;  last  Wednesday  of  jNIay  ne.xt  following  the  time  of  their 
appointment. 

III.  And  be  it  further  C7iacted,  That  there  shall  be  a  ireneral  meeting 
of  the  members  of  the  saiil  Society  at  Boston  aforesaid,  or  in  any  other 
place  within  this  Commonwealth  (unless  some  extraordinary  occurrence 
prevent  tlie  same)  on  the  Thursday  aforesaid  in  JNbiy.  and  first  Thursday 
of  Aovemlier,  yearly,  for  e\er,  and  oltener.  if  needful,  when  and  where 
the  said  Society  shall  think  lit:  and  any  seven  of  the  members  (the 
President,  Vice  President,  Treasurer  or  Secretary  always  to  be  one) 
beinir  convened  at  the  said  times  and  place.s,  are  hereby  declared  to  be 
a  quorum  of  tin;  said  ueueral  meeting  ;  and  the  saiil  Society  at  their 
peneral  meetini^  in  May,  in  every  year,  (and  in  case  of  any  e.vtraordi- 
nary  occiirriMice  [ireventing  their  meeting,  then  at  their  next  general 
meeting  after,)  shall  out  of  their  own  body,  by  a  majority  of  tiie  members 
j)resent,  elect  a  President,  Vice  President.  Treasurer,  and  Secretary,  and 
such  other  ofHcers  as  they  shall  find  needful,  to  continue  in  oflice  until 
the  3Iay  ineetiiiir  next  following  their  appointment,  or  until  others  be 
>"liosen  to  succeed  them  :  and  all  the  ofliceis  aforesaid,  bt.dore  they  shall 
be  qualified  to  act,  shall  be  under  oath  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
their  respective  trusts  ;  and  the  ^said  Society,  at  their  first,  or  any  other 
stated  meetinir.  (and  at  no  other.)  may  elect  into  their  body  such  persons 
as  they  shall  judiic  (|ualiiied  to  assist  them  in  their  good  design  :  ]);o- 
viiied  flu;  whole  number  of  tlu;  said  society  shall  at  no  time  exceed  fifty 
memliers  ;  and  may  appoint  committees  to  prosecute  the  orders  of  any 
general  meeting',  audit  the  Treasurer's  accounts,  and  prepare  matters  for 
the  Society  to  act  upon  ;  and  such  committees  sliall  exhibit  an  account 
of  their  jiroceeilings,  at  the  general  meetinus  of  the  Society. 

IV.  Ami  br  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Society  aforesaid,  by  the  name 
aforesaid,  shall  be,  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be  capable  to  prosecute, 
pursue,  and  deffend,  in  all  courts  and  places,  and  before  all  j)roper 
judires  whatsoever,  all  actions,  causes,  processes  and  pleas,  of  what 
kind  or  nature  soever,  in  the  fullest  and  amplest  manner  :  ami  if  it  shall 
happen  that  the  said  Society  shall  become  seized  of  lands  or  tenements 
by  mortgages,  as  security  for  the  payment  of  any  debts,  due  to  Uie  suid 


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Sn<  :el>  ,f  s  k.11  b  l^i^vful  lor  the  saul  S,K-H>ty,  by  doe.l  luuler  the  harnl 
an,lM.-al  <,t  their  I'lx-si.lent  U.r  tlie  timr  hcuvj,  to  sdl  and  <-nnv..v  the 
lands  ar.p'i/f';  'n  either  ot  the  two  mentioned  wavs  ;  nin\  id,.!  ti,at  no 
such  salu  shiiil  be  iiia(h- or  concluded  on.   but    at   M)ino  aeneial   <tatcd 

V.  Jnil  be  ,t  fuflhcr  cnaclnl,  Tliat  the  said  Society  be,  and  herebv  is 
empowered,  upon  the  death  of  their  I'resident,  VicJ  I'ro.sident  'I'l-eas- 
urcr,  .^ecietaiN .  or  any  otlier  ollicer.  to  choose  otherft  at  anv  stated  '-cne- 
ra  meclin-  to  succeed  them  :  and  may  also  remove  any  oV  tlieir  olTic.Mx 
When  they  shall  )iul-o  expedient,  and  appoint  others  to  succeed  them 
therein.  I'royided  always,  that  no  member  shall  be  removed,  or  oHicors 
(tisplaced,  unless  at  one  of  the  stated  n^.Mieral  ineetin-s  as  aforesii.l 

And  to  the  en,l,  that  the  members  of  the   said    Society,  and  all  contri- 
butors to  the  said  design,   may   know  the  state  of  the 'Society's  stock- 
ami  the  dispositions  of  the  profits  thereof,  and  of  all  the  donations  made 
to  the  said  Society, — 

Vr.  nr  It  further  enacted,  That  a  particular  account  of  such  stock  and 
disposition  ..hall  be  exhibited  by  the  Treasurer,  at  every  stated  -eneral 
meetm-i  ;  which  accounts  the  Secretary,  or  a  committee  of  the  said  So- 
ciety (havnii:-  examined  the  same)  shall  certify  to  be  true:  and  fair 
entries  shall  be  made  in  proper  books,  to  be  provided  for  that  puriiosp 
ot  all  donations  made  to  the  Society,  and  of  all  the  estate,  iH.th  real  and 
personal,  belonuuig  to  the  Society  and  of  the  increase  thrreol,  and  also 
ot  all  transactions,  either  by  themselves,  their  olIic.Ms.  or  conimitlees 
h)r,  or  on  any  account  of  the  said  Society  ;  and  the  said  books  shall'be 
brou-ht  to  tlie  stated  poneral  meetings  of  the  Society,  and  be  th.^re  open 
lor  ttie  perusal  and  examination  of  the  members 

Mb  Andbe  It  further  cnarJccL  That  Moses  (Jill,  Es.i.  bo,  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized,  by  public  not.lication,  to  call  the  lirst  me^tin.-  of  the 
said  >ociety,  at  auch  tima  and  place,  m  the  town  of  Huston,  as  he  shall 
judge  proper. 


ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


i 


In  t'onso(nicnce  of  tho  above  act  and  a  notification  from  thn  linn. 
Moses  Hill,  Esq.,  appointini?  a  meeting  of  the  Society  at  the  Sonate- 
chanihcr  in  Boston,  at  eleven  o'clock,  A.  M.  of  Dec.  6,  1787,  there  mot 
at  said  time  and  place  the  following  gentlemen : 

Hon.  Oliver  Wesdei.i.,  Esq., 
'•'      Richard  Cuanch,  F,s(t., 
WiLMAM  Hvsi.op,  Esq., 
Jonathan  Mason,  Esq., 

EnENEZER   STORt:R.    F-SQ., 

Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  VVillarp, 

''  •'    EnwARn  Wicci.EswoRTir, 

'•'  Nathaniel  Emmons, 

'•  Timothy  IIiii-iAun, 

"  Peter  Tiiaciif.r, 

'•  John  Eliot, 

'■'  Joseph  Eckley, 

"  Ebenezer  Wioht, 

'•  Eliphalet  Porter, 

wlio  having  accepted  the  trust  reposed  in  them  by  tho  said  act  of  iucoi- 
poration.  proceeded  to  choose 

The  Kf.v.  Dr.  Edward  Wigglesworth,  to  be  their  Secretary, 
Peter  Thacher,  to  be  their  Assistant  Secretary, 
The  Hon.  Oliver  Wendell,  Esq..  to  be  their  President, 
'•'        •'      IMoses  Gill,  Esq.,  to  be  their  Vice  President, 
Jonathan  ^Iason,  Esq.,  to  be  their  Treasurer. 

To  all  of  whom,  (except  Moses  Gill,  Esq.,)  a  solemn  oath  was  adminis- 
tered by  Richard  Cranch,  Esq.,  that  they  would  faithfully  discharge  the 
duties  of  tho  respective  offices  to  which  they  hatl  been  chosen.  The 
Society  then 

Vutrd,  To  appoint  a  committee  of  live,  namely,  Rev.  JMr.  Hilliard,  Rev. 
Mr.  Eliot,  Mr.  Ily.slop,  Jlev.  j\Ir.  Eckley.  and  the  Hon.  i\Ir.  Cranch.  to 
prepare  rcLiulations  for  the  government  of  the  Society.     They  again" 

Vutcd,  That  the  .said  committee  be  also  desired  to  consider  the 
measures  necessary  to  be  taken  by  the  Society,  in  order  to  answer  the 
purposes  of  their  institution,  and  to  make  report  at  tho  adjournment. 

The  Society  then  adjourned  to  the  first  Thursday  in  January  next,  to 
meet  at  tw(dve  o'clock  in  tho  Senate-chamber  at  Boston. 

A  true  copy  of  the  organization  and  first  proceedings  of  the  So- 
ciety for  propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and  others, 
in  \orth  America. 


Attest : 


Peter  Thacmkb,  Assislant  Sec'y. 


iMi']Mi;FJ{S  or  THE  ^()C1i:ty 

Fin)ii  its  [innqiin-dli'jji.  17>7,  to  ihr  jDU snU  ///lie,  Xur<  iiiher.  181:1. 


N.iini'd  in  tlip  Ad  of  luforpinatidii.  1>7 


-t-Ifiiu,  Ki(/li;iril  ("iiiii'li. 

•*R.'V.  .lolm  fl;ui«',  D.  D. 

*II()n.  I'lMiicis  |),iii;i. 

*|{cv.  .liiM'ph  Ivkl.'v,  I).  1>. 

*H('v..I(>lni  Kli'il,  n'.  I>. 

*Kev.  XiilliiinicI  l",imiiiiii.-<,  ]).  D. 

*|{ev.  J.{.'\  1   I'lisliip, 

*IIo;i.  Mo.M's  Cill, 

'fWilliani   llvsldp,  I-".s(].. 

*  |{(.'v.  'riiiiotlis   Uilluinl, 

*])t'a.  ,I(>m;i.  M.isoii, 

*Hi'v.  Phillips  I'avson.  1).  n. 

*I{t;v.  Kliphak't  I'orli'i.  D.  J). 

*noii.  liK-icase  SiiiniH  r, 

*KliLMi'r  Storer,  Es(|., 

*Hi'v.  Peter  Thaclier.  D.  D. 

*Hon.  Oliver  WViuicli, 

*Kcv.  Joseph  Willaid,  I).  1).  LL.  P. 

*Rev.  Etiw.inl  Wiiiuleswoith,  D.  i). 

*Sainiiel  Williams,  LL.  D. 

*Kev.  Ki)uii'r  Wight, 

Elected  in  17sS. 

*Hon.  .(allies  Howdoin,  LL.  D. 
*Hon.  William  Phillips, 
*llichaid  Carv,  Es([., 
*Rev.  .lereiny'RidUiiap,  1).  1). 
*Hon.  'riiKinas  Dawes. 
*Hon.  Thomas  Russell, 
*1'homas  Lee,  Escp, 
*lloii.  Saruiiel  Dexter. 
*Hon.  Cotton  Tiil'ls,  M.  D. 


J'.raiiilree.  ( <iniiu-y.) 
Boston, 
("amhiid^'u. 
Roston. 

Rnstoil. 

I'ninklin.  (died  Sept..  \^W.) 

Ipswich. 

Priiu'et<iii. 

liriKikliiiO. 

('ainlirid'j;e. 

JlllSlOII. 

Chelsea. 

lioxliiiry. 

Ivo.xliiiry. 

Boston. 

Boston,  (Serretary.) 

Boston.  (  Pii'sideiit.) 

Ca  mini  due. 

CamlMiiiixe.  (lir.st  Secretary. ^ 

Caiiihiid^e. 

Jjuslon. 


Boston. 

i?oston. 

Cliarlestown. 

Boston. 

]ioston. 

Boston,  ( President. 

Cainhridge. 

Dedhani. 

Wevmoulh. 


Elected  in  170:2. 


*Hon.  .Tames  Sullivan,  LL.  D. 
*Rev.  Samuel  West.  1).  D. 
*Rev.Je(leiliah  IMorse,  D.  D. 
*Rev.  John  Lathrop,  1).  D. 
*Rev.  Simeon  Howard,  D.  D. 
*IIon.  ■WiUir.m  Phillips, 
*Hoii..Tohn  Lowell,  LL.  D. 
*>iathaniel  Appleton.  l-",.s(i., 
*]Mr,  William  n'ciodhridye, 
*Rev.  Daniel  Little. 


*J)avid  S.  Greenough, 


Es 


Boston,  (President.) 

Boston. 

Charlotown,  (Secretary.) 

Boston. 

]?oston. 

Boston.  (Bresident.) 

Ro.xhuiy. 

Boston. 

]\  led  I  Old. 

Wells,  .Maine. 

Roxbury. 


*I>aul. 


18 


Klcclfil  ill  1"'.M. 

♦  II'Hi.  ncnj.uiiin  l.iiH'oIri, 
*K(!V.  Allien   i:r;iill«M(l. 
*KfV.  Al>u!l  lliiliiif^  !>.  1'. 


Iliii'.'liinii. 

llii>iipii.  (Suciptiuy  ) 

I ';imliii(lj;i",  (Sfcii'la 


■lary. 


Klcct.-(1  iri  17'.'^. 


lic'lori. 

]]ll:ilOll. 


*L)ua.  Siiiiuiul  Sulphury. 

Kli'ctfd  ill   l^iH). 

*y\r.  It^ivi.l  IIvslop,  r.nmkliiic, 

*llnn.  |)ii,llcv"A.Tyn^'.  1-T-.  D.  1.u,i,mi. 

*Kev.  Elijah' I'uiish,  I).  U.  Ni'wbury. 


Klcctfd  in  1^0".. 


*i!cv.  Diiviii  'r.ippiui,  n.  !>. 

*i:iilihalft  roiirson,  Li..  1>. 

Kloctfd  in  I'^iil. 

*Rt'v.  Thomas  Barnaul.  I>.  1'. 
^Kcv.  William  K.  (.'haniiiiiu',  i>.  D- 
*Samii<.'l  I'.liot,  l'.si|., 
*l)ai!icl  1).  UouiMs,  K:>q., 
♦  Sarnui'l  raiUiuaii,  I'".*!!., 

*Uev..hisriiii    .M'K.MMi,  I),  n. 

Hon.  John  Davis,  LL,  J). 


C',niiliiiili.'t', 
C'aiiiliiiilijo. 


Salem. 

Huston. 
lil'StOll. 

Boston. 
lio>tuu. 

J5iiiliswick,  -Me. 
Boston.     Uesiyneil. 


Klectfd  in  I'-i).'!. 


■  lion.  .Inhn  Tread  wed 


■*Beniaiiiin  Bussey,  Ivscj., 
Samu.d  11.  Walley,  Ksii-, 

1>„,         l,>.-l,,in      Rltiw      I)       1). 


Salem. 

Itoxhury. 

lioslon. 

Dedham. 

Sali'm. 

Ijoston. 

I'lyniouth. 

Boston,  ( I'resident.) 


amuei  11.    ttiimv,  i-.>i-- 
Uev.  .losliua  Hates.  D    D. 
*Kd\vanl  A.  Ilolyoko.  M.  0.  LL.  1). 
*llon.  Thomas  Dawes,  .Ir., 
Rev.  .lames  Kendall.  D.  i». 
Hon.  Jonathan  riiiUips, 

Elected  in  is.()s. 

*.Mr.  Josiah  Sali-sbniy,  Boston. 

T.leeted  in   IMl. 

*Rev  J.  T.  Kiikland,  D.  D.  LL.  D.  Camlnid-e. 

Rev.  Henry  Ware,  J).  D.  V," ',''","!'''''' 

*l{ev.  Thomas  I'rentiss.  1).  U.  .>ItHllndd. 

*Rev    William  (.o-eenonu'h,  Newton. 

Rev,  John  rioree,  .1).  D.  Brookline. 


T^lectcd  in  I'sU. 

^Edward  Tuckerman.  .Ir,  Ksci.,  Boston 

Rev.  Charles  Lowell,  D.  D. 
*Caleh  (i.innett,  Ksq., 
-'^J'.lisha  Tirknor.  E.sii., 
*Rev,  Samnel  (iile. 


Boston. 
Camhridge. 
lioston. 
Milton, 


19 


*U«'v.  Joliii  I'ostcr,  I).  I). 
Levi  llfdiTc,  l.\..  I). 
♦  Rev.  .Ii)sliii;i  Kiiiititiijton, 
*l{fv.  .lo.-t-ph  McKeaii,  LL.  I). 


Rriiiliton. 

Boston. 
Cuiiibridgc. 


Elected  ia  181S. 


Rev.  Francis  I'aikmun.  D.  D. 
♦I»r!v.  .loscpli  ■riicki'nii.iii,  D.  j), 
*lloil.  .lohii  riiillips, 
♦lloii,  As:i\u'\  SttMiiis,  r.L.  I). 
*\lv\-.  KlM'iii'zcr  I'orlor,  1).  D. 
Hon.  I'lniy  Culler, 


Jiosron. 

Hoston. 

Hostoil. 

Ciitiihriilije. 

Aniiover. 

Hoston. 


Elected  in  1822. 


*Rev.  ■I'lKHldciis  AT.  Iliirri.s  U.  I). 
*llon  .lnili.'('  l>;irkfr,  JJ..  IJ. 
♦  Kduiinl   I'liillips,  ICsi|., 
Ui'v.  .lohii  ('odniaii.  I).  J). 

*llori.  Willi.uii  K 1, 

Hon.  Dmiicl  \Vob.sler,  LL.  D. 


Dorchester. 

Hoston. 

lio.sion. 

Dorchester. 

.Miirhleheud, 

Boston. 


Elected  in  182j. 


Hon.  Uich;iril  Sullivan. 
*.laincs  K.  Clia|iliu,  M.  D. 
*Rev.  Henry  Ware,  Jr.  D.  D. 
}foii.  Saniu(''l  llubliani,  1.1.,.  D. 
.loiui  C.  Warren.  M.  1). 
*l{ev.  B.  IJ.  Wisner,  1).  D. 


Boston. 

Ciinihriilifo. 

Cambridge. 

]5oston. 

Boston.     Resigned 

Boston. 


Elected  in  1S32. 


Jloii.  .(osiah  (iuincv,  LL.  D. 
*llon.   I'eter  ().  ■riiiiclier, 
Rev.  William  .lenks.  D.  1). 
Rev.  .hinies  Walker,  D.  D. 
Thomas  W.  Ward,  J'.sr|., 
*William  HiUiurd,  Esii.', 


Cambridge. 

Boston. 

Boston. 

Charb'sto\s-n. 

Boston.     Resigned. 

Cambridge. 


Elected  in  ISJ 


Hon.  ,lnd-e  Story,  LL.  D. 

Hon.  .lames  Savau'e,  LL.  D. 

Rev.  ,Iohn  Cr.  I'allrey,  D.  i).,  LL.  D. 

Rev.  George  Putnam, 

*  George  Bond,  Ks(j., 


Cambridge. 

Boston. 

Ciiml)ridge.     Resigned 

l^oxbury. 

Boston. 


Elected  in  1834. 


Hon.  .Tudgo  Shaw,  LL.  D. 
Rev.  Ezra  S.  Gannett, 


Boston. 
Boston. 


Elected  in  1S35. 


Hon.  Charles  .Tackson.  LL.  I). 
Rev,  Charles  Briggs 
Rev.  IL  A.  Miles, 


Boston, 
Boston. 
Lowell. 


*  '.' 


.'■■  I 


20 


EWled  in  I"»17. 

Rov.  .Tosepli  ricltl,  1),  I).  Wfoton. 

Rev.  Ali'xiiiKlcr  Vcpiinii,  |{i»t()ii. 

R«'V.   (it'dVLIt'    l{l|ilrv,  llii-tiMi. 

lion.  Lt'MTcil  J«.il»i<)nst;ill,  \A.   D.  S;i1.mi. 


Klecti'd  ill  l^.'W. 


Hon   Diini.'l  A    AVhii,.,  I.L    I), 
lion.  SaniiiL'l  A.  i'Atol, 


VAi'r\rd  ill   |<Mi;i 


Hon.  Sarniii'l  Hoar,  I.L.  D. 
Rev.  Sannicl  li.urctl, 
]{('V.  I'.iiliiaiiii  rcilMiily, 


Salfiii. 

Bu>lon.     Jii':,ij'nfil 


Coni'ori!. 
lio^ton. 
Svw  Iti'dloiil. 


KIc.'Icd  in  ]s|(i. 


R.<v.  A.  r.  I'caliodv, 

RUV.    G.   W.    liliL'-S. 


I'ortsmoMtli. 
I'lynioiiUi. 


Klffted  in  IS  11. 
Benjamin  (inild.  Ks(i.,  Boston. 

T.I.Mlud  in  IS  13. 


Cliailes  (i.  T.oriiiij,  Es(|.. 
Rov.  Samuel  K.  l..othrop, 


Ho.^lon. 
Boston. 


